As all who follow drug and device law know full-well, the 2009 decision from the United States Supreme Court in Wyeth v. Levine represented a significant setback for brand-name drug manufacturers seeking to defend failure-to-warn claims on preemption grounds.  In Levine, the court held that state law failure-to-warn claims involving brand-name drugs are not preempted, unless there is “clear evidence” that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA)  would not have approved whatever labeling change forms the basis for the failure-to-warn claim.  Such a standard…
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